Dr Wayne Dyer - Row Your Boat

The Paradoxical Commandments by Kent Keith, 1968

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway."
(continued)

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may just never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it's all between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

To cluckingfell especailly:  There is a lot of disorder and suffering in the world, the only way to rise above all of it is to walk with infinite optimism and positivity whereas negativity will always try to sneak its way in if you think about it.

The key to creating your own reality consciously is to take responsibility for what is happening in your life now. Do not blame anyone. Do not be a victim. Embrace your life and decide what you want to do next. And reap the rewards.  Get out of your own way and let life happen. We are always reaping and sowing.

wrt cluckingfell:A person who looks at the jungle objectively ,knows that evrything is in perfect order.Plants and animals are born,live their lives...then decay and die and new ones are born in their place and the process goes on and on ...and that is how it was intended to be .But one who is living in the jungle with a limited view will find life there to be cruel harsh and short.BOTH VIEWS ARE RIGHT DEPENDING ON WHAT PERSPECTIVE YOU CHOSE!

man i swear his voice sounds so familiar!

thats song has always been in my mind..and its truth :)

You see that's a nice neat little 'belief' package you've got yourself there. Unfortunately I can't blindly believe in something which can't be tested. What you've written there sort of reminds me of that famous Marxist epigram: "Religion is the opium of the masses", or as Tom Robbins puts it: "..it's the cyanide". In other words, put up with your crappy life here, and ignore those rich filthy pigs exploiting you a raping the planet, things will change... No can do I'm afraid. Peace.

Have you heard anything else by Wayne Dyer? He clearly feels that suffering is in the divine plan and so is your right to go out and fix it.Therefore, I do not see your quarrel with his thoughts.

Life is virtual reality. You virtually create your own reality as you go along. Your circumstances reflect what you attract back to you depending on whether the energy you send out is positive or negative.